•On 16 November 1857,
at the
town of Luck now, British naval guns were brought up close to the Shah Nudejja mosque. The gun
crews, of which
Hall was a member, kept up a steady fire in an attempt to breach the
walls of
the mosque. A hail of musket balls and grenades from the mutineers
inside the
mosque caused heavy casualties for the gunners.
•Able Seaman William Hall and Lieutenant T.J. Young, who was in charge of the gun crews, were the only survivors of the crews, all the rest having been killed or wounded, and between them they loaded and fired the last gun which won the battle.